RELEASED | Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL September 11, 2023 DIVISION MEMORANDUM No, GL s. 2023 ASENSO STORYBOOK WRITING COMPETITION TO: Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Chief Education Supervisors (CID & SGOD) Education Program Supervisors Public Schools District Supervisors Districts In-charge Elementary and Secondary School Heads All Others Concerned 1. Pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution, as well as the provisions of RA 9155 and RA 10533, the Department of Education is mandated to protect and promote the right of every Filipino to access quality basic education. Accordingly, the department is tasked to provide learner-centered, inclusive, responsive, relevant, and contextualized K to 12 Basic Education, 2. In accordance with these mandates, and in support to the MATATAG Agenda of DepEd and the ASENSO Agenda of the Provincial Government, this Division shall conduct the 2023 ASENSO Storybook Writing Competition with the following categories: Category Description I Participants Category 1 - Storybooks | Illustrated storybooks for | DepEd teaching and non- for Young Readers Grades 4, 5 and 6 teaching personnel with permanent status Category 2- Stories for | Story Manuscript for Full-time teachers in the Beginning Readers | Grades 1, 2 and 3 Private Schools and Non- | DepEd schools teaching _| basic education Category 3 = Storybooks | Wordless Storybooks for | DepEd teaching and non- for Emergent Readers | Kindergarten teaching personnel with permanent status Category 4- Stories for | Children’s short stories | All learners from Grades ‘Young Readers by or Grades 4,5and6/ —_| 4 to 12 in any DepEd ‘Young Readers Storybooks written by _| basic Education School He learners 7 ‘Address: Osilao St, Poblacion 1, Oroqt Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.ph City, Misamis OccidentalRepublic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 3. This Storybook Writing Competition shall contain the motifs of tradition, culture, environment, art, and a basic understanding of local concepts supporting the tagline Kuwento ng Bayan Ko articulating the theme: Misamisnon Magpuyong Malinawon, Malamboon ug Malipayon. 4. This activity aims to: a. Appreciate the role of stories and illustrated storybooks as a tool in the development of reading and of learning the curricular content standards; b. Harvest original stories that demonstrate learning competencies of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum’ c. Recognize the skills and talents of classroom teachers, non-teaching personnel, education leaders, and learners in the production of storybooks for basic education; and d. Contribute to the treasury of content materials for utilization as reading resources and transformation to engaging media. 5. __ Allentries for this competition shall be written in Filipino adhering the latest version of the Ortograpiyang Pambansa published by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino for styling and orthographic purposes. 6. The following timelines shall be observed in this competition: Activity ~ Schedule Advocacy and Information Dissemination September 11 - 15, 2013 Manuscript Writing and Illustration September 18 — October 6, 2023 Submission of Entries to the District October 9, 2023 District Level Screening/Judging October 10 - 13, 2023 Submission of Winning Entries October 16, 2023 Division Level Screening/ Judging October 17 - 20, 2023 ‘Awarding Ceremonies and Reading Exhibit | November 10, 2023, 7. _ The Top 3 Winning Entries in every Category per Grade Level in the District Level Contest shall be submitted to the Division Level Screening of Entries. Non- winning entries shall also be submitted for possible enhancement, illustration, and/or uploading in the LR Portal. 8. Winning entries in this competition shail also be submitted to the Regional Office for the 5 National Competition on Storybook Writing. 9. Attached are the Guidelines, Specifications, Mechanics, and the Official Entry Forms for this contest for further details and reference. ‘Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.phRepublic of the Philippines Department of Cducation REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 10. Wide dissemination of and compliance with this Memorandum 6 desired. REYNALDO E. MANUEL, Ps Is Division ‘Attachment: As stated ‘To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects: COMPETITION CURRICULUM LEARNING RESOURCES PROGRAM TEACHERS. CID/LRMDS/rrmp ‘Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.ohRepublic of the Philippines Department of Cducation REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL GENERAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS OF THE 2023 ASENSO STORYBOOK WRITING COMPETITION I. RATIONALE Pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution, as well as the provisions of RA 9155 and RA 10533, the Department of Education is mandated to protect and promote the right of every Filipino to access quality basic education. Accordingly, the department is tasked to provide learner-centered, inclusive, responsive, relevant, and contextualized K to 12 Basic Education. In accordance with these mandates, and in support to the MATATAG Agenda of DepEd and the ASENSO Agenda of the Provincial Government, this Division shall conduct the 2023 ASENSO Storybook Writing Competition with the following categories: Category Description Participants Category 1 - Storybooks | Illustrated storybooks for | DepEd teaching and non- for Young Readers Grades 4, 5 and 6 teaching personnel with permanent status | Category 2 Stories for | Story Manuscript for Full-time teachers in the | Beginning Readers Grades 1, 2 and 3 Private Schools and Non- DepEd schools teaching i basic education Category 3- Storybooks | Wordless Storybooks for | DepEd teaching and non- for Emergent Readers | Kindergarten teaching personnel with permanent status Category 4 - Stories for | Children’s short stories All learners from Grades Young Readers by or Grades 4,5 and 6/ | 4 to 12 in any DepEd. Young Readers Storybooks written by _| basic Education School learners ‘To advocate the 5Ms flagship program of the province, this storybook writing contest shall be conducted focusing on the theme “Misamisnon Magpuyong Malinawon, Malamboon, ug Malipayon.” This activity aims to produce storybooks written by the learners and teachers which may be fiction or nonfiction to concretize the 5Ms initiative. These storybooks shall be published and will be distributed to schools. I. OBJECTIVES This ASENSO Storybook Writing Competition aims to: a. Appreciate the role of stories and illustrated storybooks as a tool in the development of reading and of learning the curricular content standards; Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.phPP Bw wer Republic of the Philippines Department of Cducation REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL b. Harvest original stories that demonstrate learning competencies of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum’ ¢. Recognize the skills and talents of classroom teachers, non-teaching personnel, education leaders, and learners in the production of storybooks for basic education; and d. Contribute to the treasury of content materials for utilization as reading resources and transformation to engaging media. STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS 1, All works submitted in the competition shall be unpublished and have not been entered in other competitions. 2. All entries shall not reflect the names of the author, illustrator, layout artist, school, or any identifiers. 3. Stories must be original. Adaptation and unique retelling of local stories may be done with respect and sensibility, and with the consideration of indigenous and local traditions. Artworks and texts produced through artificial intelligence (Al) or similar system-generated concepts shall not be used in any part of the entries. This provision does not underscore the features of Al, however, the novelty of this art concept needs further discussions in the art community and may be explored in the future editions. 5. Internet images and stock photos as well as all other non-original art pieces shall not be used. 6. Stories must be written in Filipino. The choice of the Filipino language is limited to logistical considerations (e.g. judging), and shall not reflect any bias toward the said language. Furthermore, all harvested stories will be subjected to post-competition activities, which include among others, the literary translation of stories and rendering to diglot or bilingual versions of these stories. 7. Stories must be based on one or a combination of learning competencies in any learning area/s of the enhanced basic education curriculum. 8. Stories shall contain the motifs of tradition, culture, environment, art, and a basic understanding of local concepts supporting the tagline Kuwento ng Bayan Ko articulating the theme: Misamisnon Magpuyong Malinawon, Malamboon ug Malipayon. ‘Address: Osilao St, Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental ‘Contact Number: $31 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.phRepublic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 9. Stories and illustrations shall adhere to the provisions of the DepEd Social Content Guidelines. 10. ‘there shall be no accompanying processing questions and supplementary activities in the story. 11. For styling and orthographic purposes, it is recommended to follow the latest version of the Ortograpiyang Pambansa published by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. For other styling concerns not addressed by the said publication, it is recommended to follow the Chicago manual of Style 17% Edition. 12. The following specifications for the manuscript shall be considered: a. The number of words for Grades 1, 2, and 3 must not exceed 2,000. b. The number of words for Grades 4, 5, and 6 must not exceed 5,000. c. All entries must be typed in a word processing service (e.g. MS Word) using any of the serif typefaces in single space, size 12. 4. There shall be no identification on the submitted entries, other than the title and the story itself. €. The learning competencies covered shall be placed at the last part of the manuscript, written in italics, flushed right. 13. The following specifications for illustration and design: a. Page extent shall be any of the following: 20, 28, 36, or 40 pages. The breakdown of the pages follows the 4 cover pages (front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover, back cover) and a varying number of pages divisible by 8. b. The front cover shall reflect the following information: + Title of the storybook, styled headline case © Cover art ‘+ Provision of logo of the Department of Education (upper right) and the Gawad Teodora Alonsa golden seal (lower right) ¢. Front and back matters include the following: + Provision for copyright page (inside front cover), which shall be eft blank * Title Page, containing stripped down version of the Cover Page and the list of competencies covered * Provision for author and illustration boxes {inside back cover), which shall be left blank d. The presentation of the story shalll be by panel utilizing the whole-page style or the two-page-spread style. Address: Osilao St, Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026PL ef + ay, oe Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL ‘* Option 1: For each panel sequence (two-page spread), text may be placed on one page and the illustration on the adjacent page to facilitate picture-aided reading. + Option 2: for each panel (two-page spread), text and illustrations may be placed together to facilitate a visually comprehensible story reading. * Option 3: For each panel (whole page), text and illustrations may be placed together to facilitate a visually comprehensible story reading. ¢. All stories must start at the verso (left) page after the title page. f. The Back Cover Page shall contain a short synopsis and/or a teaser of the story. The synopsis shall introduce the plot of the story without giving away the whole storyline. 14. The following are the specifications for the Wordless Storybooks: a. Page extent shall be any of the following: 20,or 28 pages. The breakdown of the page extent follows 4 cover pages (front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover, back cover) and a varying number of pages divisible by 8. b. Only one (1) word is allowed for a wordless storybook, including in the count any label, fancy fronts placed in conspicuous spaces, items, and objects, and any other text necessary for the development of the story. c. The Back Cover Page shall contain synopsis or a teaser of the illustration, with no text. d. All other standards and specifications in the Illustration (Item 13 of these Guidelines) shall be followed in the preparation of the wordless storybooks. IV. MECHANICS AND QUALIFICATION 1. Writing and illustration of stories shall be done outside of office hours. 2. There will be four (4) categories in this competition with the Grade Levels as the sub-category. (See attached Mechanics and Templates for each Category) 3. The following are the Categories and Sub-categories of the 2023 ASENSO Storybook Writing Competition: [ Category | Sub-Category [Description [Participants | Category 1 - | Grade 4 | Illustrated storybooks | DepEd teaching and Storybooks for | Grade 5 for Grades 4,5 and 6 | non-teaching Young Readers Grade 6 personnel with a et permanent status Category 2— Stories | Grade I ‘Story Manuscript for | Full-time teachers in for Beginning | Grade 2 Grades 1, 2 and 3 the Private Schools Readers | Grade 3 and Non-DepEd ‘Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.ph| es b..<4 Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL = oe schools teaching basic education Category 3- Kindergarten | Wordless Storybooks | DepEd teaching and Storybooks for for Kindergarten non-teaching ‘Emergent Readers personnel with | permanent status Category 4— Stories | Grade 4 Children’s short ‘All learners from for Young Readers | Grade 5 stories or Grades 4, 5 | Grades 4 to 12 in any by Young Readers | Grade 6 and 6/ Storybooks | DepEd basic | ai | written by learners _| Education Schoot__| V. _ CRITERIA FOR JUDGING ‘Storybook Package (Category 1 and 4) Criteria Factors Percentage [Text Concept Originality and local flavor 10% | ‘Storytelling Style (Plot and _| Artistic presentation, usc of 20% ] pacing, Characterization, _| the literary device (idioms, Dialog) figures of speech, etc.), appropriate tone of the story, story progression, | unpredictability, conflict presentation and resolution, utilization of character, effective use of dialog (as needed) Development of the Theme | Clarity of the theme, 15% ‘and Learning Competency _ | effective presentation, and treatment of competency, appropriateness to the grade level) Presentation and Standards | Spelling, punctuation, 5% grammar, usage, orthographic compliance, styling a 7 Appropriateness of the Purpose, intent, message 20% lustration Media/mode of Presentation | Use of appropriate media for 35% | the story _ [Technique and Skill Expertise, consistenc 15% Viewer Reception/Overall | Use of elements and 10% design and Artistic principles of art Composition TOTAL 100% — ‘Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.phfs we Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION X ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL ‘Story Manuscript (Category 2) Criteria Factors Percentage ‘Concept Originality and local flavor 20% ‘Storytelling Style (Plot and | Artistic presentation, use of pacing, Characterization, | the literary device (idioms, Dialog) figures of speech, etc.), appropriate tone of the story, story progression, unpredictability, conflict presentation and resolution, utilization of character, effective use of dialog (as needed) Development of the Theme | Clarity of the theme, and Learning Competency _| effective presentation, and treatment of competency, appropriateness to the grade level) Presentation and Standards | Spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, orthographic compliance, styling TOTAL Wordless Story Book (Category 3) Criteria Factors ‘Appropriateness of the Purpose, intent, message Mustration Media/mode of Presentation | Use of appropriate media for the story Technique and Skill Expertise, consistency Viewer Reception/Overall | Use of elements and design and Artistic principles of art Composition [rora, ‘Address: Osilao St., Poblacion 1, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Contact Number: 531 - 4026 E-mail Address: misamis.occidental@deped.gov.ph